The Super
Giant films . . .
were a compilation science-fiction product of the Japanese Shin Toho film
and television studio series Kotetsu
No Kyojin - 'Supah
Jaianto' - which ran from 1956 to 1959. Nine wide screen format episodes
(chapters) were definitely made which were subsequently combined to produce
four definitive films that were issued in the U.S.A. in 1964 with the
hero known as 'Starman' but, as always, there is confusion as to the exact
number of original episodic films produced.

Super Giant was a costumed superhero (played by Ken Utsui) - a
kind of Japanese equivalent to Superman. He successfully battled all manner
of threats to the safety of the world from both Earth and Outer Space,
usually with the assistance of children.

The scripts and story-lines were intended for the Japanese market and
so, as is unfortunately the case with so many overdubbed Japanese productions,
the English version can be quite (unintentionally) hilarious in places.
n.b. The film 'Prince of Space' aka 'Yusei Oji' aka 'The
Star Prince' which was released in 1959 (Japan) and 1964 (US) also under
the title 'Invaders From Space' is not a 'Super Giant' film, although
it is somewhat similar in content.